California eLearning Census

Between the Tipping Point and Critical Mass

http://clrn.org/census/

2013 Responses

March 1 – May 1

516 Responses 29% of 1777

144 Direct-Funded Charters

372 Districts

263 K-12/9-12 Districts/charters

253 K-5/K-8 Districts/charters

Response Breakdown

2012

K-5/K-8

K-12/9-12

2013

56% 51%

Who is eLearning?

YesNo

46%

516 districts & charters

eLearning by Grade Span

K-5/K-8 K-12/9-120%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

20122013

19%

73%

eLearning: Charters vs. Districts

Charter

Districts

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

44%

53%

Who wants to eLearn?

Yes

No N=273

26%

Who wants, by grade span

K-5/K-8

Yes

No20%

K-12/9-12

44%

Who Wants, by Type

Charters

Districts

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

24%

27%

eLearning by Grade2013

51%

30%

81%

28%

49%

78%

Starting Small

< 20 Students

2012 20130

5

10

15

20

25

30

Bottom 50

2012 20130

100

200

300

400

500

600

700800

900

1000

24%

13%542

887

Full and Part-time Online Learning Populations

Virtual Blended0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

20122013

86.3K

19.8K24.4K

100.9K

17% Increase23%

Increase

Average eLearning Population

Summer Virtual Average Blended Average0

100

200

300

400

500

600

139

2012

2013

80

56

125 132

453490

98

Blended and Virtual Medians

Blended Median Virtual Median0

20

40

60

80

100

120

702012

2013

80

56

100

Medians Increase by 25%

Summer 2011 Breakdown

90 districts/charters utilized online learning during summer

23,087 students N: 90 (78% districts, 22% charters)

Summer 2012 Breakdown

105 districts/charters utilized online learning during summer

23,379 students N: 105(78% districts, 22% charters) (same as 2011)

Blended Model Breakdown2012

Flex

Rotation

Enriched-Virtual

Self-Blend

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

60%

17%

36%

29%

31% of districts & charters

use more than one model

Blended Model Breakdown: 2013

Flex

Rotation

Enriched-Virtual

Self-Blend

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

40%

25%

33%

47%

34% of districts & charters

use more than one model

2013: K-5/K-8 Blended Model Breakdown

Self-Blend

Enriched-Virtual

Rotation

Flex

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

N=40

80%15% of K-5/K-8 districts & charters use more than one model

2012: K-12/9-12 Blended Model Breakdown

Self-Blend

Enriched Virtual

Rotation

Flex

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

N=199

2013: K-12/9-12 Blended Model Breakdown

Self-Blend

Enriched Virtual

Rotation

Flex

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

N=163

48%

39%

37%

28%

38% of districts & charters use more than one model

Are Charters More Disruptive?

Enriched Vir-tual

Flex A La Carte Rotation0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

CharterDistrict

Course Publisher Distribution2012

23% of districts & charters use more than one provider

Course Publisher Distribution2013

University of Nebraska, LincolnConnections Learning

National University Virtual HighVoyager Learning

Accelerate EducationClass.com

A+ LearningCurrium

Middlebury Interactive LanguagesFlorida Virtual SchoolAdvanced Academics

AccellusBYU Independent Study

Compass LearningEducation 2020District CreatedPlato Learning

Pearson Digital LearningK12.com

ALEKSOdysseyware

Cyber HighAventa (K12, Inc)

Apex Learning

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

46% of districts & charters use more than one provider

2013: Self-Built Courses and OER

Thinkfinity

OER Commons

NROC

MIT Open Courseware

Kahn Academy

iTunes University

Hippocampus

CLRN

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140

87%

What factors did you consider when selecting courseware?

None

Selected CLRN Certified courses.

Colleague recommendation

Vendor demonstration

Data supplied by provider

Examined course outlines

U.C. A-G list

Compared to content standards

Price

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

77%

60%

60%

55%

42%

42%

6%

District Actions Taken Before Purchasing Courses

None of the above

Have your students sample the course?

Ask other districts who use the course about their experience?

Have your teachers sample the course?

Have the provider demonstrate the course to you?

Ask for a demo account?

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

77%

74%

72%

55%

34%

9%

How many publishers/providers did you investigate?

1

2

3

4 or more

52%24%

15%

9%

How many courses from each publisher/provider did you investigate?

0 1

2 3

4 or more

40%

17%

28%

8%8%

Where Do Teachers Come From?

District Instruc-torsProvider Instructors

Both

75%14%

11%

Do Online Instructors Receive OL/BL Professional Development?

No

Yes

22%

Learning Management Systems

SakaiEdu 2.0

Open ClassAngel

CourseSitesCanvas

Desire2LearnSchoology

Custom BuiltBrain Honey

CaliQityBlackboard

HaikuMoodle

Edmodo

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

39%24%

Between the Tipping Point and Critical Mass